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Submitted by Stan Banash It was early morning on the day after Thanksgiving, Nov. 24, 1943, when Gunner's Mate Third Class Chester "Chet" Jozwiak was preparing for his duties aboard the USS Liscome Bay, a light escort carrier providing tactical support for the invasion of Makin and Tarawa atolls in the Gilbert Islands in the Pacific. His duty station was a Bofors Medium twin 40 mm anti-aircraft gun mount near his semi-private quarters. Just after 5 a.m., a torpedo from a Japanese submarine struck the ship and hit the engine room, blowing up the bomb magazine along with aircraft and fuel on and below decks. The carrier sank in 23 minutes with a loss of 646 of the 918 man...

Submitted by Stan Banash
It was early morning on the day after Thanksgiving, Nov. 24, 1943, when Gunner's Mate Third Class Chester "Chet" Jozwiak was preparing for his duties aboard the USS Liscome Bay, a light escort carrier providing...

Chinese and Australian ships hunting for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner have picked up separate acoustic signals in different parts of a vast Indian Ocean search area and are trying to verify if one could be from the plane's black box recorders.
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A 66-year-old man was fatally struck by a Metra train as he apparently tried to cross the train tracks in west suburban La Grange on Tuesday evening, authorities said.The man was struck about 7:25 p.m. by an express train headed outbound from Chicago on...

A Montgomery woman had marijuana in her system when she struck and killed a pedestrian in February in Aurora, police said today.
After receiving the results of a blood test, Cherise Wardlow was charged with aggravated driving under the influence...

Edgar Harrell - A True American Hero! Ed Harrell, WWII survivor, tells the tragic story of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, the largest casualty at sea in the history of the U.S. Navy and the last ship to be lost in WWII.
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Northwestern Medicine® has been recognized for its high level of patient safety, receiving an "A" letter grade in the spring 2014 Hospital Safety Score from The Leapfrog Group for both Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Northwestern Lake...

Federal regulators have ordered a Naperville trucking company off the road, calling the carrier with a history of serious safety violations an "imminent hazard to public safety."
The inquiry into DND International started after trucker Renato...

A Naperville trucking company involved in a January wreck that killed a Tollway worker and injured a state trooper can return to the highways, a judge ruled Wednesday.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration earlier this month declared the...

A 19-year-old man died after the motorcycle he was riding crashed this afternoon in northwest suburban Barrington, authorities said.
Joseph Masino, of the 9200 block of Primrose Court, was pronounced dead at 3:39 p.m. at Advocate Lutheran General...

Sixty-eight years ago, the worst disaster in the history of the Burlington Railroad took the lives of 45 people involved in a Naperville train accident.
Chuck Spinner, author of "The Tragedy at the Loomis Street Crossing," was only a baby at...

An autopsy determined the death of a 49-year-old Winnetka man who was struck by a train near a Glencoe Metra station last week was a suicide, authorities said.
A Wednesday autopsy determined David DiPaolo, of the 1100 block of Tower Road in Winnetka,...

Rinka Hirayama was a cheerful 9-year-old before the accident that took the lives of her parents and brother — and she still is, those who know her say.
Rinka suffered a broken arm and internal bleeding in the crash that killed the rest of her family on...

Safest Hospitals Listed by Consumer ReportsPresence Saint Joseph Hospital and Presence Mercy Medical Center ranked among top 20 safest hospitals in state
Consumer Reports rated more than 2,500 hospitals across the nation based on five patient safety...

A Stevenson High School student and his parents were killed when their car was struck by a vehicle being chased by police in Arizona, officials announced Monday.
The Lincolnshire school is mourning the death of Yuki Hirayama, a 16-year-old sophomore, and...

Officials said this afternoon that classes at Proviso East High School are canceled Monday and Tuesday following an extra-alarm fire that damaged at least 10 rooms at the school.
The fire broke out about 9 p.m. Saturday on the second level of the high...

A 79-year-old woman died after a car she was in hit a tree in Oak Park Sunday morning, authorities said.
The woman, identifed as Ethel Baskins, of the 900 block of West 51st Street in Chicago, was pronounced dead at 8:44 a.m. at Loyola University...

A person riding a bicycle across train tracks in Elgin was pronounced dead overnight after being struck by a freight train, officials said.
Elgin police and fire department officials responded at 12:35 a.m. to the National Street Train Station after...

A semi truck loaded with beer rolled over on the Eisenhower Expressway early this morning, temporarily blocking the inbound lanes of the expressway at Harlem Avenue in west suburban Forest Park.
About 2:30 a.m., the truck driver lost control and the semi...

A Lincolnwood man was drunk and had been racing another driver on the Edens Expressway at speeds above 100 mph before he rear-ended a car driven by a Minnesota man, killing him, prosecutors said.
Jose L. Colon, 21, charged with murder,...

Customers of a beauty supply store in Morton Grove escaped injury this afternoon when a car plowed through the front window, authorities said.
The driver, a 31-year-old female, was trying to park her car about 1:15 p.m. in a strip mall in the 7900...